Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 28, 1995 TAG: 9509280042
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RAY REED
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
F.K., Daleville
A: The delegates are elected by their local associations. Potential delegates may volunteer or can be nominated. A ballot bearing their names is mailed to each member, and local associations elect one delegate per 150 members.
Also, members of the state board of the Virginia Education Association attend the national conference.
Eighteen teachers from the Roanoke area attended the national conference in Minneapolis last summer and were named in the newspaper's Neighbors section in August.
You asked because of the emerging controversy over a gay/lesbian resolution at the conference, so here's a repeat of the names, with a note that Virginia's delegation voted against that resolution.
From Roanoke: Gary Stoltz, president of the Roanoke Education Association, Fallon Park; Dorothy Cooper, District 5 president, Monterey Elementary; Esther Cirasunda, Garden City; Mercedes James, Fairview; Richard Poindexter, Woodrow Wilson; Linda Wyatt, a member of Roanoke City Council and an outgoing member of the board of directors of the NEA, Westside Elementary; Cynthia Wagner, Green Valley.
From Roanoke County: Judy Deyerle, president of the Roanoke County Education Association, Roanoke County Career Center; Patsy Millington, W.E. Cundiff Elementary; Bud McWhorter, Arnold R. Burton Tech Center; Butch Kelly, William Byrd High School; Cheryl Harris, Burlington; Kathie Catron, Herman L. Horn; Kitty Boitnott, District 4 president, Penn Forest.
From Franklin County: Vaun Gott, Burnt Chimney Elementary; Ginny Seale, Ben Franklin Middle School.
From Botetourt: Pat Jasper, Buchanan Elementary, Botetourt County.
From Salem: Margaret Riggs, Salem High School.
Q: A lot of effort went into cleaning up the cemetery on Liberty Road. Why is it being let go and allowed to grow up again?
M.A., Roanoke
A: The Springwood Cemetery site is tied up in court over questions of ownership and old taxes, for one thing.
For another, the volunteers who gave their manual labor to clear trees and brush during summer 1994 became disgusted when a tractor was used on the site, possibly damaging some graves and markers.
Jeffrey Fleischhauer, attorney for owner Joe Abbott, said the property has gone through an escheat process to clear up the issue of taxes owed by previous owners.
That process was followed by a title search, the results of which have not been filed, Fleischhauer said.
Got a question about something that might affect other people, too? Something you've come across and wondered about? Give us a call at 981-3118. Maybe we can find the answer.
by CNB